9 ideas
15527 | Defining terms either enables elimination, or shows that they don't require elimination [Lewis] |
9987 | An aggregate in which order does not matter I call a 'set' [Bolzano] |
10856 | A truly infinite quantity does not need to be a variable [Bolzano] |
19347 | Substance needs independence, unity, and stability (for individuation); also it is a subject, for predicates [Perkins] |
15530 | A logically determinate name names the same thing in every possible world [Lewis] |
15531 | The Ramsey sentence of a theory says that it has at least one realisation [Lewis] |
15528 | A Ramsey sentence just asserts that a theory can be realised, without saying by what [Lewis] |
15526 | There is a method for defining new scientific terms just using the terms we already understand [Lewis] |
15529 | It is better to have one realisation of a theory than many - but it may not always be possible [Lewis] |